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Hartford police have arrested two suspects of a bank robbery after, police said, officers found them with the stolen money in Keney Park.

A New Haven, Connecticut, Black man in custody is paralyzed from the neck down after police put him in the back of a prisoner transport van without a seatbelt and made an abrupt stop while driving. Richard Cox, 36, is currently on a respirator and eating through a feeding tube,...

It started at a block party in New Haven, Connecticut. Police arrested 36-year-old Randy Cox on June 19 after he was allegedly seen carrying a gun without a permit. He was handcuffed and placed inside a police van, which was not equipped with seatbelts. Suddenly, the officer driving the van...

Five officers are under investigation after a Connecticut man hit his head while handcuffed in a police van and was paralyzed last week, authorities said. City and police officials in New Haven pledged to make changes in the aftermath of the arrest of Richard “Randy” Cox, 36, saying officers did not treat him with dignity or provide him safety after he was severely injured.

“A man just assaulted me and I..I shot him,” said Robert Fisher in a 911 call back in June of 2021. During the call, he said he shot a man who assaulted him. Police later identified that man as 39-year-old Matthew Bromley. “A man followed me into the driveway....

Firefighters battled a large fire at a 9,000 square-foot home in Avon on Wednesday. Officials said they responded to Wyngate Drive at about 3:30 p.m. The home is located on a dead-end road. Crews said it was an all hands on deck response. The fire originated in the upper floors...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The family of Richard Cox, a New Haven man paralyzed on June 19 while in custody of the New Haven Police Department, has released a photo of him intubated, unconscious, and still unable to move from his mid-chest down. The Mayor's nominee for Police Chief said he is eager to face this challenge that awaits.

NAUGATUCK, Conn. — A Naugatuck Board of Ed member is refusing to step down after parents discovered inappropriate images he allegedly shared on social media in 2014. One was a teen girl in a cheerleader outfit with her mouth duck taped and her hands, ankles and thighs tied up.

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – Hartford police officers responded to reports of a shooting late Monday night. Officials said the call came just before midnight, reporting that a gunshot victim had been admitted to St. Francis Hospital for treatment. The victim is a male in his twenties, according to police, and he has been suffering non-life-threatening […]

A person was injured after being stabbed in broad daylight on Walnut Street in Hartford, police said. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon at a tire shop. Authorities said one person is in custody. The person stabbed suffered minor injuries during the incident. Part of Walnut Street was closed while officials...

The parents of a teen injured during the mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan last year are suing the dealer that sold the handgun used to kill four students and injure seven others. The Oxford Community School District and school officials are also named in the lawsuit. Mary...

BANGOR, Maine — A 27-count incitement charging 16 individuals from Maine, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey was released Tuesday from the federal grand jury in New Haven, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut's Office. 33-year-old Marsha Watson of Bangor was among...

Waterbury police arrested a man in connection to a shooting that injured a 2-year-old boy last week. Kharis Samuels, 20, of 37 Ridgeway Ave. in Waterbury, turned himself into police on Monday. He faces a slew of charges for allegedly firing a gun that left a 2-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to his torso, according to the Waterbury Police Department. On June 21, the 2-year old was in a ...

BRIDGEPORT — Two men — one from Bridgeport and the other from Danbury — were sentenced in connection with a plan to kill a man and burn down his business, according to federal prosecutors. U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport ordered Jason Scott, also known...

Police have arrested a man in connection to a shooting that injured a 2-year-old boy in Waterbury last week. Investigators said they identified 20-year-old Kharis Samuels, of Waterbury, as a suspect and obtained a search warrant for him. On Monday, Samuels turned himself in at Waterbury Police Department. Samuels is...

A man wanted for allegedly shooting a 2-year-old Connecticut boy while showing off his gun has turned himself in to police. New Haven County resident Kharis Samuels, age 20, of Waterbury, surrendered on Monday, June 27. Samuels fled on Tuesday, June 21, after shooting the boy while showing a gun...

NEW BRITAIN -- A New Britain man who was charged following the seizure of more than 10,000 bags of fentanyl, nearly $15,000 and a gun has been sentenced to more than six years in prison. Dennis Rodriguez, 38, faced sentencing last week in New Britain Superior Court, where a judge...

Video shows Cox was paralyzed when his neck was broken inside a police van that stopped suddenly, but officers still dragged him along the ground by his arms despite his pleas for help.

Richard Cox screenshot from bodycam video-:New Haven Police-:: Richard Cox, a 36-year-old Black man was being transported in a van by New Haven Connecticut police when the vehicle came to a sudden stop thrusting the man headfirst into the separating wall of the van. Cox was not seat belted and sustained a neck injury causing him to be paralyzed.

MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) – The Meriden Police Department arrested a man on Friday who was allegedly behind a March home invasion and assault. On March 2, Meriden police responded to a call that a female had been pistol-whipped in the head with a firearm at a Meriden residence. When officers arrived at the scene, they […]